Reunion

The reunion turned into about half a reunion when Don decided to fall off a roof and break his back, shatter his pelvis (do I have that all right?) and generally scare his family out of their wits. We think this was a pretty drastic way of getting out of the long drive to Colorado, but I guess Don likes to be thorough, and who hasn't always wanted a chance to fly in a helicopter? So, we missed the Vanderholm clan lots, but are relieved that Don is home and mostly put back together, and has lots of time to catch up on his reading. We missed Rich, Kathleen and Alison too, who most of us still know primarily through Facebook photos. We are grateful though for the plethora of photos that keep everyone pretty up to date on Alison despite our distance.

The LaFond, Enright and John Laverty families as well as Grandma and Grandpa started out the week together with a trip to the Denver Zoo. It was a wicked hot day in Colorado and I couldn't help but feel a bit bad for those polar bears and penguins. We all paused for a moment of silence in front of the rock that Kegan fell on and broke his nose 13 years ago on another LaFond/ Enright zoo trip. Okay, not really. After the zoo trip, we spent most of our time hanging out at the KOA pool, ignoring the "No Jumping" signs as much as possible and watching Jake tirelessly toss one little cousin after another into the water. And getting sunburnt. And bit by mosquitos. We enjoyed s'mores, (both the traditional variety and some made with Reese's Peanut Butter cups-yum!), held an impromptu Disney Movie Songs sing-a-long, taught one another new card games and talked a lot (sometimes only in movie quotes). The boys all slept in a cabin together, the girls in another and Moms and Dads in the third. We finished up the week packed into Grandma and Grandpa's house for a night. We had lots of fun and are missing our cousins terribly this week.